Joseph Thomas GOODMAN
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Joseph E. Goodman was ordained a seventy by Thomas E. McKay 10 January 1943 and a High Priest by . He was married to Rosa Ellen Naegle 15 July 1922 of Elfrida, Arizona in St. David by Bishop William G. Goodman after whisking Rosa off in his open car and taking her to his uncle (?) to be married. She was only 19 and he 25 amd definitely the moving force. They were later sealed in the St. George temple 31 Jan 1923. He had served in the Southern States Mission and later as a home missionary in the Calif. Mission in St. David and in the Maricopa Stake Mission 15 Jan 1950 for many years. He was fearless in defending the faith and in preaching to his friends, many of whom joined the church because of him. He was ordained bishop of the Mesa First Ward by Spencer W. Kimball 14 Sept. 1960. After that he served as a Patriarch for many years. During his life he spent coutless hours in the Mesa Temple performing hundreds of endowments. Rosa was ill for the last years of her life and after her death, he would spend all day in the temple sually doing four sessions a day for five days of the week.kj These notes do not tell the story of a man totally dedicated to the Lord. He jumped from one job to another, never becoming wealthy, but raised an honorable family of seven children and always served the Lord. He was colorful to say the least and did what most men only dreamed of doing as a cowboy and teamster.
He married Annie Marie McRae 12 Jul 1893 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California . Annie Marie McRae was born at Charleston, Wasatch, Utah 3 Feb 1873 daughter of Joseph McRae and Maria Taylor .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Ruth Goodman
born 28 Mar 1894.
Alma Donald Goodman
born 12 Jul 1895.
Joseph Edwin Goodman
born 19 May 1897.
Howard Arthur Goodman
born 26 Mar 1899.
Alexander Goodman
born 5 Oct 1900.
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Joseph Thomas Goodman died 7 Jun 1935 at St. David, Cochise, Arizona .
Annie Marie McRae died 22 Apr 1948 at St. David, Cochise, Arizona .